Road barricade



8,1950 DE. wrrr s. cRocKER 2,517,982

ROAD BARRICADE' Filed March 1 1948- I g 5; i if A 5/ 97 41 if I t {a IINVENTOR.

57 ply/VIII): fiaakif BY I v I I Patented Aug. 8, 1950 ROAD BARRIGADEDewitt Saxton CrockenQSpring fiel'dt Gardens, N. .Yi.

Applicationalvlarch lfl, 19 48; SB'r-ial No. 11450 71 This inventionrelates-generally to'an arran emention detachablyassociating; warning v.means with barricades erected: to prevent accessto :road areas: closed:for repairs or other reason.

Barricades are generally comprised oi the standardized ;hors'e 'or of aspecially; constructed fence like cutofi r, Both typeshaverin-zcommonatop rail. Reference:ismaderto thisibecauserfeae tures. of. myinvention?" avail themselves of the presence of-this topara-ilt Wherebarricadeseof this-r any; equivalenttype are employed; itiisa-advisable:and: generally; required by law that warningsig-nalsbe-associatedtl'ierevvith' during darkness to-appr'isean encomer ofrthepresencecharacten and extent of thebarricade: Suchwarning; signals" areconsidered adequate in erformance andia's meetingilegalrequirements;where=they;have: the following: characteristics: n theyailluminate thebarricade and the terrain thereabout so as tormake-them visible at aprescribed distance; (2) theyrserve to warn and (3): they are. visibleto 1 the: oncoming driver from all angles of approach. The meanscommonly employed compriseflares torsupply the illumination and red.colored lamps to i give the warning; The flares and warninglamps-are:commonlyv placed on the ground adjacentthe barricadeor areloosely 'seated on or hung fromthe top rail. Where. these devices areplaced on the ground-theygreate problems such as -these they becomeburied insnowfalls; they are'kick'e'dover or.- spattered with: mud bypassing; vehicles; they areureadily stolen. Where seated. or hung;loosely error from the top rail, they are readily: stolen ortjarred to.-theground- .by collision with the barricade.- v

I have illustrated'acommonly used typeof flare asthalightsource and acommonly employedired signal lamp as :the :warning signal,- because theyarelstandardized items in common use. For convenienceof.expression -theterm light .fiare." will b'e-used in:a generic. sense,,. to :c0Ver,1ightsources of: varied charactersand the: expression: signal lamp willlikewise be used herein to cover varied typesof warningilamps;it2-being1.understood that the specific construction shown in thedrawings is merely illustrative.

Among the more importantobjects of. my invention are the following? theprovision ofan arrangement for securing eitheral'ightflare ora warningsignal, or" both; to=a barricade so that the warning signal and thelight source are maintained. ataelevel above the. top of the barricade;the: provision of a simple andeinexpensivel arrangement whereby thesecurement can be effected quicklyandeasily'withoutthe use of tools andmore particularly oisuch arrangement" which permitsoffthe readyremovalofthe flare; lamp or both for storage or for use elsewhere; theprovision of an arrangement whereby the lamp and rolaim. Chris-e3);

beyond: the respectivepairs: of. legs. tailsof theconstruction' 'of thisconventional 2 c flare can be locked to the bracket -:to prevent itstheft.

Forrthe-a-ttainment-zoffthese'object'ves and such other objectivesasmay; hereinafter appear or be pointedout ithave illustrated anembodiment of myr invention wherein: 1

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of: the [illustrated embodiment;

Fige 2-is a view partly inivertical section sho ing; the flare andbracket assembly; Fig. 3 is awperspectiveviewon an enlarged-scale of-thesecuring.-pin-;,- and n Fig: 4 is --a similar perspective on an enlargescale of the lock-ing frodr Thel-horse-shown-in: Fig. 1' is a standardbarricade-unit,anyznumbenof which can-be positioned iiiend to: endrelation to'" makethe-barricade of the? length desired, In' this"-conventional barncade: element or unit the:ground engagingrilegs l-l aresecured: impairs to the-top bai i-filiat points removedrinwardly oftheends'of the top bar: for a substantial (distance :so as :to leave:the: end-portions l2l2 of the top bar extending outwardly Thesedebarricade unita havebeen= described because features of. my; inventionavail themselves thereof, as will b'e pointed out. shortly;

Theelement I5. is intendedstorepre'sent'a source of illumination.- It isshowrn as: a conventional flare whose shape-resembles at s 'aheric'albomb. The lower portion-1 B of? the-bomb iszgenerally comprisedof: leadv to maintain: the fiare:-upright;:..the illuminating fluid being;contained within: the fluidcontainingspace above tliis loadedbottom.

'The elemen't- -1 at the- 'tbp of the' flare the burner: headthroughwhicir the'fluid or gases es cape and 'whichiwhen ignited,:provide the: desired intensity: of illumination"; Thevelement' z'flis'rin tended to represent: a luminous warning; signal. This warning:signal is? shown as aw conventional lamp whichiemitsmedi light; Anyother type may be-emp'loy'ed;

My "invention contemplates tha't theflares'w and lamps be integratedwith means" whereby either or both can be? associated with the top b'arlflwof the barricaderiinea i manner? and by an arrangement whereby; the?general :1 obj ectsi'of my inven tion-are'att'ained,

Reference -isinow made" to; Fig" 2 6f the draw ingsawh'ereirf a'" flare;is? shown? asseiiibieu with a bracketmember: comprisedi of two walls 30)and 3| whicheextendidownwazrdly from a top or base wall: 32;" preferred'form; tlie'se three wall pnrtions are arranged at right angles to eachother: andrit? Willhere 'bebpointe'd out that tiieir lengthis no greatercith'air that of the-outer enjd pcrtions lz 'of me tbp bar; Thetop facets-the base or top wall 32 of the bracket forms a seat to whichthe flare I5 is secured. This securement is illustrated in the drawingsas availing itself of the fact that the lower half of the flare iscomprised of the lead loading so that a threaded opening 33 can beformed vertically upwardly through its bottom to receive a headedthreaded member 31 passed through an opening 36 in the top or base wall32 of the aforementioned bracket. This arrangement is preferred where itis found advisable or necessary that the flare be made readily separablefrom the bracket to which it is secured. Where it is preferred to makethe securement of a permanent nature, the threaded opening in the flareand the opening in the base 32 of the bracket and the screw 31 can bedispensed with and the securement effected by welding the bottom-mostpart ofthe flare to the top surface 32 of the bearing. a

It will be understood-that in the illustration of Fig. 2,-the showing ofthe flare l5 is intended to be illustrative also of an integrated unitwherein a luminous warning signal such as lamp replaces the flare-I5.

The dimensions of the cross bar 0 of the standard horse are fixed and Iwill here point out that the preferred form of my invention contemplatesthat the spacing of the walls 3|] and 3| be predetermined so that thebracket can be engaged over either extension l2 and when so engaged willbring its side walls and 3| in close engagement with the adjacent facesof the extensions. Some of the features of my invention may be attainedby so devising the parts that the walls 30 and 3| frictionally engagethe extensions H to maintain the flare or lamp assembly engaged with thecross bar It! to prevent accidental separation. To this end the sheetmaterial of which the bracket is formed may be of a gauge so that it isslightly yieldable.

I will now describe the provision of alternative or additional means forpreventing the separation of the flare or lamp and bracket assembly fromtop bar If]. These means comprise openings 34 and 35 through bracketwalls 3| and 30. These openings are in transverse registration. Thesemeans also comprise the transverse openings l3 through the top barextensions l2. These openings are so located that the openings 34 and'35. can be registered therewith. The elements are all preferably sodimensioned and located that when openings I3, 34 and 35 are brought inregistration the inner end faces of the brackets will engage the outerend faces of the legs and the outer ends or edges of the brackets willterminate at or short of the end face of the bar extension [2 to whichthe flare or lamp is affixed. These additional securing means comprisealso the pin shown in Fig. 3. This pin is headed at 43 and is of adiameter to be received through the registering openings I3, 34 and 35and is of such length that when so entered with the head 43 engagedagainst the outer face of either wall 30 or 3| of the bracket, theunheaded end of the pin will extend beyond the opposite wall for asubstantial distance as shown at 45 in Fig. 1. These extending ends 46of the pins are each provided with an opening 48 diametricallytherethrough. These openings 48 are positioned at the same distance fromthe pin head 43.

These openings 48 in the pin extensions serve with the locking rod nowto be described, for locking the flare lamp or other signal deviceagainst theft. This arrangement contemplates that when the flare or lampand its associated bracket is afiixed to the transverse bar as setforth, with the pins 40 engaged through the registering openings, thepins are free to rotate so that their openings 48 can be brought intoalignment so that the "longitudinally "extended rod 50 can be engagedtherethrough. This rod is enlarged diametrically at one end to providehandle 5| which serves additionally as an abutment to limit theinsertion of the rod.

The length of the rod 50 is preferably less than that of the cross bar.This length is however suflicient so that the other end 53 of the rod 50will extend beyond the other pin 40 when the rod 50 is engaged throughthe openings 48 with the enlargement 5| in abutting relation to theadjacent pin. This extending end 53- is {shown provided with adiametrical opening 55*therethrough so as to receive the hasp 56 of'ke'ycontrolled lock 51 to prevent theft of the flares or lamp.

Upon reference to Fig; 1, it will now-be ob-' served that thearrangement thus shown provides a length of the rod which lies inbetween the two spaced apart'pins 40. This length provides a support foradditional signal devices, one of which is shown at 60 in Fig. '1; Thearrangement disclosed supports these additional devices in a theftproofmanner.

The chain 6| shown in Fig. 1 and hitherto not referred to, isconventional with the type of flare illustrated in the drawings andserves as the medium with which tolift or carry the bomb. The ring atthe end of the chain when engaged over a nail or other supporting meansserves as *a hanger during storage. I

I claim: I I

In a road signal appliance of the type having signals and a saw-horsesupport comprising a pair of inverted V legs and a horizontal barspanning the legs and presenting end portions extending outwardly ofthelegs, that improvement which comprises a pair of channels detachablyfitted on said end extensions of the saw-horse support, said signalsbeing disposed above the respective channels and secured to the websthereof, the flanges of the channel having a pair of aligned aperturesand said horizontal bar of the saw-horse support having a transversehole through its said end extensions, and a pair of pins passed throughthe aligned channel apertures and holes of the bar, said pins havingtransverse apertures aligned with onean'other at points equally spacedaway from the support bar, and a long rod 'insertable through saidaligned holes of the pins sa-i'd rod having a trans-' verse protuberanceat oneend serving as a stop, and an aperture at the other end, and-apadlock adapted to be received in said aperture of the rod. I 1

DE WITT SAXTON CROCKER;

REFERENCES-CITED" The following references are of record inthe file ofthis patent: 1

UNITED STATES PATENTS Date Number vName 1,489,572 Bennewitz' Apr. 8,1924 2,430,161 Csencsics Nov. 4, 1947 FOREIGNYPATENTS' ,j Number Countryi -Date 297,324 Italy July 9,4932

